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Know your Echo signs of Tamponade!

#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram #Cardiac #Tamponade
Know your Echo signs
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO ... artificial circuit ECMO ... lung injury • ECMO ... deployment of VA-ECMO ... both VV- & VA-ECMO
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
example of the wall echo ... shadow (WES) sign ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex #Sign
POCUS Echo of Acute Massive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Here's a great teaching Echo of a patient I
POCUS Echo of Acute ... great teaching Echo ... RightHeartStrain #McConnells #DSign
Management of Anaphylaxis - Interventions
Epinephrine - Bolus, Infusion, Nebulized
Posture
O2
Fluids
Albuterol 
H1-Antihistamines, H2-Antihistamines
Glucocorticoids
Additional Vasopressor
Glucagon
Sugammadex
Methylene blue
Tranexamic acid
ECMO

#anaphylaxis #management #treatment
Epinephrine - Bolus, Infusion ... Tranexamic acid ECMO
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
Malignant Pleural Effusions ... Malignant pleural effusion ... Echo was ordered ... large pericardial effusion ... malignant #pleural #effusion
Electrical Alternans on POCUS Echocardiogram
You dissect the EKG and note low voltage tachycardia with a hint
POCUS ECHO performed ... Echocardiogram #clinical #effusion
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
This is why Echo ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Mechanical Cardiac Support Devices Compared
Cannula Size - Insertion Technique - Haemodynarnic Support
IABP:
 • Afterload: Reduced
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increase • Coronary perfusion ... Peripheral tissue perfusion ... significant increase ECMO ... Peripheral tissue perfusion ... Peripheral tissue perfusion
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
hypotension & this echo ... followed by 90mg iv infusion ... clinical #ultrasound #DSign